KHWEZI GULE
chief curator of the Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG), a museum of modern and contemporary art. , I have overseen the staging of three exhibitions and public programmes, forged new partnerships for the gallery, re-established contact and cooperation with our surrounding community in it is a tremendous opportunity to redefine what an African should be and look like, and because art gives me access to other worlds: the world of imagination and creativity and the world of ideas. having to leave in the afternoon to go home. more dynamic, with more artists popping onto the scene as quickly as others are opting out. to the wider public, but it is also harder to discern what will stand the test of time. – all of them. the Joubert Park Greenhouse Project (GHP – on our doorstep), the House of Movements (where the NGO Khanya College is based), the Windybrow Arts Centre and the Drill Hall. right outside my office window. that it is not only about survival, but means witnessing people from all over the world fashioning a new way of life. I go to the Afrikan Freedom Station in Westdene or the Roving Bantu Kitchen in Brixton, or I visit African Flavour Books in Braamfontein. extra-hot masala, cumin, ground black pepper, rosemary, garlic and ginger. from artist Robin Rhode, who said, ‘Take care of art and art will take care of you’. patience – you have to take a step back from the forest to see the trees. a novel. Fez in Morocco, Valparaíso in Chile and Dakar in Senegal. a locally made scarf or shawl for my mother. Lalibela, Ethiopia. the entire Brenda Fassie songbook.
